Monday, June 8, 2015

One more year, once we enjoyed the season finale of Criminal Minds and enjoyed even more learning of its renewal for another season, we waited [not so] patiently for final ratings to be published so you, our dear fellow fans, can browse and discuss the results of our numbers harvesting since the premiere.

The first table, just below, shows us PER EPISODE:

the LIVE + SAME DAY ratings (3 demos: A1849, A1834 & A2554, plus TOTAL VIEWERS)

the LIVE + 7 DAYS ratings (L7 A1849 demo & its increase over the L+SD, L7 TOTAL VIEWERS & its increase over the L+SD)

...and SEASON AVERAGES:

full season

before the Christmas break (episodes 1 to 10), because these run without interruptions

after the Christmas break (episodes 11 to 23), because these run with interruptions for reruns and/or other programs

The second table is a comparison between seasons. During SEASON 9 we were not able to compile all this data on a weekly basis, but we have the AVERAGES*, which are even better to determine the season to season trend:

Most weeks NCIS has effectively been CBS #1 drama in the A1849 demo in L+SD, but not all... This season, for the 1st time ever, Criminal Minds has snatched that particular "throne" from under their feet a couple times.

Many weeks already in the L3 (LIVE + 3 DAYS) ratings Criminal Minds has effectively become CBS #1 drama in A1849 (we only have seen this rating for a number of weeks, so there is no table with averages to show), with the gap between both shows widening in L7.

And there is one particular thing the L7 prove, and CBS recognized it when announcing its new fall schedule, so using their own words: Criminal Minds is CBS #1 drama in the A1849 demo!

To round up our annual ratings post, some notes about how Criminal Minds did when compared to other NETWORK shows (only regular programming included, L7 averages):

And last, some Bonus Data that while it veers away from the ratings we have been talking about, we are sure you will find as interesting and comment-worthy as we do. Before anything else, we have to request a thundering applause from all for MCatry, commenter at the Previously TV Forum, who has painstakingly counted the hours/minutes/seconds - screentime only (appearing on screen equals being counted), not quality of their parts at the time (from delivering the most important line to playing background) - episode by episode to reach the results shown in the following table:

We have looked at this data every conceivable way, - up to down, down to up, left to right, right to left, rinse & repeat, - so yes, we have opinions, strong ones at that, derived from what those ratings are telling us, and from the Bonus Table too... but those are not included because the data is objective, while we are not. Now is your turn to check all this, reach your own conclusions and share them with our fellow Criminal Minds fans!
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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Criminal Minds Round Table. When we were positing names for this blog, and Sir Bedivere suggested Criminal Minds Round Table, we knew immediately that was the perfect name for our blog.

It fit in so many ways.

Many fans, and Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds' former Showrunner and Executive Producer) himself, compare the show and its characters to The Arthurian Legend and the Knights of the Round Table. Mr. Bernero even went so far as to say that he knew that the stories had to be “Arthurian” to appeal to the most people. The team meets to brief cases at a round table, and there are many parallels between our BAU team and the Knights and other Arthurian characters.

In addition, a Round Table discussion is what we want to have here about any and all topics Criminal Minds-related. In a Round Table discussion, each participant has equal status and equal time to present views. And finally, since this is going to be a group effort amongst a group of Criminal Minds fans, we are going to take turns around the table, with each of us posting about the show, our favorite characters and our favorite actors on the show.